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The Jeremy â€“ Snaps Of The Dragon	by Jo S Wun April 29, 2010	101737 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Strange name for an English bloke but nobody can choose their parents. Jo cannot remember being born but assumes he must have been. He has done a fair bit since, including working for a short while on a farm cultivating mushrooms. They were not magic, although, as if by magic, he always got a seat to himself on the bus home after work - work which included manually filling the wooden boxes, in which the mushrooms were grown, with exceedingly fresh horse manure. On balance, Jo prefers reading and writing books. Jo is the author of The Jeremy - Snaps Of The Dragon
The Jerk: An erotic tale of self-love	by Geonn Cannon March 08, 2012	20435 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Geonn Cannon was born in a barn and raised to know better than that. He was born and raised in Oklahoma where heâ€™s been enslaved by a series of cats, dogs, two birds and one unexpected turtle. Heâ€™s spent his entire life creating stories but only became serious about it when he realized it was a talent that could impress girls. Learning to write well was easier than learning to juggle, so a career was underway. His high school years were spent writing stories among a small group of friends and reading whatever books he could get his hands on. Geonn was inspired to create the fictional Squireâ€™s Isle after a 2004 trip to San Juan Island in Washington State. His first novel set on the island, On the Air, was written almost as a side project to another story he wanted to tell. Reception to the story was so strong that the original story was put on the back burner to deal with the world created in On the Air. His second novel set in the same universe, Gemini, was also very well received and went on to win the Golden Crown Literary Society Award for Best Novel, Dramatic/General Fiction. Geonn was the first male author to receive the honor. While some of his novels havenâ€™t focused as heavily on Squireâ€™s Isle, the vast majority of Geonnâ€™s works take place in the same universe and have connections back to the island and its cast of characters (the exception being the Riley Parra series). In addition to writing more novels based on the inhabitants of Squireâ€™s Isle, Geonn hopes to one day move to the real-life equivalent to inspire further stories. In his spare time, Geonn reads as much as possible and writes occasional TV and book reviews for Geek Speak Magazine.
The Jester and Other Stories	by Adrian Sturgess April 11, 2012	4313 words	Read a sample
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The Jewminator	by Joab Cohen May 20, 2011	24836 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Joab Cohen grew up as a child in the United States but currently lives in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a professional translator and is fluent in both Hebrew and English. Joab is greatly interested in humanity's larger questions and finds life in the physical world almost as interesting as his own imagination.
The Job	by D L Davito Nov. 22, 2011	4919 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Mr. Davito is an accomplished author and resides with his family near the Inter-coastal Waterway in eastern North Carolina. One of his passions is his old wooden sailboat, SV Jewel, and taking overnight sails with his faithful Lab, Seadog. It is during those jaunts he can contemplate the mysteries of life under a starlit sky and allow the seeds of his stories to take root. His sustenance generally consists of a good cigar and a bottle of grappa. Research and personal experience are the foundation of his stories. â€œWebs of Deceptionsâ€ is his first foray into erotic fiction and he has a prequel and sequel under development. They are based on the tenth commandment theme of coveting other menâ€™s wives. Depending on the reception of this novella, he will publish them under the pen name of D. L. Davito.
The John Doe	by Veronice Ceccarelli July 10, 2011	49952 words	Read a sample
Author bio: My books are: 1. 'The John Doe' which is free. 2. The four books of 'Valencio's Story.' A recent review of this series includes the words: 'The whole saga is quite a deeply thought out story of sexuality - that one can come to yearn for something that is hated and feared. In the end, I thought it would be a tragedy, but it was not a tragedy.' Personal information about the author? Denied, but my flower is the passion flower. Interpret it as you please.
The Journal	by Lori Meyer March 24, 2012	5111 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: My name is Lori Meyer. I am a mother of two and an elementary teacher. During the 2008 â€“ 2009 school year, through the enthusiastic encouragement of my classroom full of fourth graders and my own two daughters, I decided to create a story from a dream I had had. And from that dream a series grew and also a spin off. From the day I started on that journey of creating a story from a dream, I found I couldnâ€™t help but become hooked. They say once you are bitten by the writing bug it becomes a part of you. I found that to be true and have been writing ever since. I have always been an avid reader, with my favorite stories involving sexy vampires and fierce shape-shifters. But now I find even more enjoyment in creating my own characters and stories. I am still hoping to catch an agentâ€™s eye so that I can get published in print. But until that happens, Iâ€™ll continue writing my charactersâ€™ stories and hope someday they will be shared.
The Journal	by John Mancini Sep. 08, 2011	11883 words	Read a sample
Author bio: President of AIIM, the international association representing the content management industry. AIIM (http://www.aiim.org) helps organizations find, control, and optimize their information.
The Journal	by JT Lewis Feb. 18, 2012	3856 words	Read a sample
Author bio: JT Lewis is an author living in Southeastern Indiana with his wife Susan and their two dogs. They have four kids in various stages of college and life away from the home. During the day, JT Lewis is an electrical contractor, morphing into the crime fighting author at night and on the weekends. Gabriel Celtic also lives in Southeastern Indiana, and is the lead investigator of the Major Crimes Taskforce tasked with getting to the bottom of a series of murders. Using his wits and the accumulated knowledge of his team, Gabriel soon learns that solving the investigation would cost one of his friends the ultimate sacrifice. 'The Ghost Murders' is the first book of the series 'The Adventures of Gabriel Celtic'.
The Journal	by Ronnica Z Rothe Dec. 23, 2011	52497 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Ronnica is a Kansas native who currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. In high school, she was the nerdy type and enjoyed taking part in Science Olympiad as well as the school band. As you might guess, she also really enjoyed journaling, a habit she still keeps up today. After graduating from Maize High School, she moved to Norman, Oklahoma to study meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Two majors later, she graduated with a history degree. While in college, Ronnica made lifelong friends at the Baptist Student Union, where she also started to learn what it truly meant to be a follower of Christ. After college, Ronnica moved to North Carolina to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where she received a masters of divinity in Christian ministry. Though she had always planned on moving west when she graduated, she got "stuck" in Raleigh thanks to her church where she learned what it meant to live in community with one another. Ronnica has blogged for years which has increased her love of writing (and hopefully her skill). She also enjoys reading and crocheting in her free time.
The Journal of 1972	by Stephen Moon Aug. 22, 2010	591 words	Read a sample
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The Joy of Atheism	by Annette Greenaway June 16, 2011	2317 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Annette Greenaway was born in Bristol in the 1970s. She discovered acid house at the age of seventeen, and danced for the next twenty years. She lives a much quieter life nowadays, but her neighbours occasionally spot her skipping around her living room in a pair of luminous dungarees. She is married and lives in London.
The Jump	by Pamela Caves Sep. 23, 2010	1785 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Pamela divides her time between fiction, poetry, content, and freelance writing. She currently lives in northern Alabama.
The Jungle Mess	by Robert Mason May 22, 2012	1047 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Robert has always had an active imagination, which he usually expressed in drawings and doodles, but it wasn't until 2007 that he actually started putting pen to paper (letters to laptop really). Robert started out writing short stories with little life messages in them. He finished his first full length novel, The Bully Affect, in 2008, the focus of which was also a life lesson. Bullying. A writing contest was the inspiration for his novella, The Tombstone Stranger. Written in less then two weeks and told from the prespective of a young boy growing up in the wild west the narration proved quite challenging. "To talk with a drawl or accent is one thing, but to write that way was a lot harder then I thought it would be, but I think that is part of the charm of the story," Robert says. His next novel, Zoey Zimmerman and the Zombie Pigeon, was nearly two years in the making. This tale of a young girl that can talk to animals also has a fundamental life lesson at the heart, friendship. "I really enjoy writing stories for young readers. If you can keep their interest with a good story and sneak in some important messages all the better." Robert resides in Glendale, Arizona with his beautiful wife Jennifer, step-daughter Ashley, son Branden and daughter Emma.
The Justice League of Prozac	by William Hrdina Sep. 12, 2011	1856 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am but a simple, independent writer of novels and short stories, making my way through this nutty world.
The Jynx	by Kenneth Crowe May 27, 2008	83142 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Kenneth C. Crowe was a labor reporter at Newsday and New York Newsday from 1976 to 1999. He is the author of COLLISION/HOW THE RANK AND FILE TOOK BACK THE TEAMSTERS. Published by Scribner's in 1993, COLLISION tells the story of the Teamsters' rank and file reform movement, culminating in the election of Ron Carey as president of the union. Crowe won an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship in 1974 to study foreign investment in the United States. In 1978, Doubleday published AMERICA FOR SALE, Crowe's book on foreign investment in the United States. Crowe was a member of the Newsday investigative team whose work won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal.
The Keeper	by JT Kalnay July 13, 2011	28321 words	Read a sample
Author bio: JT Kalnay is an attorney and an author. He has been an athlete, a soldier, a professor, a programmer, an Ironman, and mountain climber. JT now divides his time between being an attorney, being an author, and helping his wife chase after seven nieces and nephews. JT was born and raised in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Growing up literally steps from the Bay of Quinte, water, ice, fishing, swimming, boating, and drowning were very early influences and appear frequently in his work. Educated at the Royal Military College, the University of Ottawa, the University of Dayton,and Case Western Reserve University, JT has spent countless hours studying a wide range of subjects including math, English, computer science, and law. Many of his stories are set on college campuses. JT is a rock climbing guide and can often be found atop crags in West Virginia, Kentucky, California, Texas, New Mexico, Mexico, and Italy. Rock climbing appears frequently in his writing. JT has witnessed firsthand many traumatic events including the World Trade Center Bombing, the Long Island Railroad Shooting, a bear attack, a plane crash, and numerous fatalities, in the mountains and elsewhere. Disasters, loss, and confronting personal fear are common themes in his writing.
The Keeper of Songs	by William Woodall March 11, 2009	6836 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I've been writing stories almost since I was able to pick up a jumbo crayon and put words on paper. I love what I do and I feel blessed to have the opportunity to share these tales with my readers. My work is typically classified as young adult literature, if only because the stories are clean and most of the characters are young. There's more to it than that, though. Every book I've ever personally loved has been what I'd call ageless. That is, it contains something that can touch the heart of a child while he's still too young and raw to appreciate subtlety, but there's also something in it that he can still feed on when he's old and gray, although perhaps not the same things. It's my aspiration to write stories like that. In fact, the majority of my readers are adults who want to read something that will uplift them and make them feel glad to be alive that day. We all need beautiful stories, and without them we suffer. If you'd like to know more about me or my work, please visit my official author's website at www.williamwoodall.org
The Keepers of Dinosaur Reef	by Colin Rock Feb. 01, 2012	44281 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Colin Rock has written for Radio, Theatre, Television and Film, as well has writing adult and children's fiction, non-fiction and music.
The Keeping	by Nicky Charles Aug. 01, 2010	151916 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Nicky Charles is an independent writer/publisher who creates stories in her spare time as a means of relaxation. She started writing fanfic for "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" in January of 2009 and wrote her first original, Forever In Time, in August of that year. The Mating and The Keeping and The Finding were her next books, forming a loose trilogy called The Law of the Lycans. She is currently expanding on the Lycan series and hopes to have a new novel out this fall. Nicky lives in Canada and tries to stick to Canadian spelling in her work, in support of her country. When writing, she loves to describe scenes as if she were 'playing a movie in her head." Ms. Charles loves reading, writing (of course), gardening, desserts, dark chocolate, her two cats and taking daytrips. You can contact Nicky Charles at her new website: https://sites.google.com/site/nickycharlesbooks/
The Kettle Pot- a YA short story	by T.M. Johnson April 06, 2012	6656 words	Read a sample
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The Key	by Brian Fisher Sep. 24, 2011	140572 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I was born and raised in North East Oregon, traveled the world for a couple of years (South Korea, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, and of course most of the 50 United States), and finally came to rest in Central Ohio. Most of my travels were courtesy of the U.S. Army, where I was a Helicopter mechanic and Crew Chief for eight years(CH-47D Chinook and AH-64A Apache). My education includes the University of Maryland, Central Texas College, Stark State College of Technology, and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. I love to write. It's something that I picked up while I was deployed to Kosovo so many years ago. I ran out of books to read, so I decided to try to write something that I would want to read, and I was hooked. I write constantly. Even when I'm not actively writing, I'm thinking about my characters and stories, so it is an ongoing process. I hope that you enjoy my writing as much as I enjoy doing it.
The Key and the Broken Wing	by Jessabell Tales July 02, 2011	28242 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: As an aspiring Author I have been writing short stories from the age of seven. Many of my teachers, friends and family have loved reading my work. Allot of the inspiration comes from the places I have seen and visited and life experience. For example visiting North wales, for a week or two , here and there, for 8 years trying out many activities or just walking along the sea front. My current book, The Key and the Broken Wing is based around two welsh resorts. The start of the story begins with the famous resort which hosts many trams, stunning Scenerey and a great pier of entertainment. Where as the second seaside place is islated, quiete and ideal for the characters like Jezzabell, Krome and Kimberley to evolve.
The Key of Kilenya	by Andrea Pearson June 23, 2011	81894 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Andrea, a Brigham Young University graduate, is an avid reader and outdoor enthusiast (hiking, fishing, boating, biking, spending time in the Rocky Mountains, and taking walks). She spent a year and a half serving the Spanish speaking community in Toronto, Canada, and is fluent in 2 Â½ languages. She plays several instruments, not including the banjo, and loves putting together musical arrangements. Her favorite sports are basketball and football, though several knee surgeries and incurably awful coordination prevent her from playing them. Andrea is always in the mood for a good movie with close friends and family (especially her husband and mom), with a large glass of milk and a bowl of overly buttered popcorn nearby. She also enjoys oil painting, making earrings, squeezing every bit of oxygen out of Ziploc bags, and she hopes to someday travel to Italy and Alaska. Andrea has published three books.
The Key: A Short Prelude to Ladybird Ladybird	by Abra Ebner May 19, 2011	1181 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Abra Ebner lives in Washington State with her husband and two cats. To her, there is no greater joy than a blank page, and a head swimming with ideas.
The Kid	by Ray Daley Nov. 16, 2011	511 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.
The Kilkenny Cat Book 1:	by William Forde Sep. 26, 2011	94875 words	Read a sample
Author bio: William Forde was born in Ireland and currently lives in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England. He is the father of five children and the author of 28 published books and a musical play. He is unique in the field of contemporary children's authors through the challenging emotional issues and story themes he addresses, preferring to focus upon those emotions that children find most difficult to appropriately express. One of West Yorkshire's most popular children's authors, his books have been publicly read in over 2,000 Yorkshire school assemblies by over 800 famous names and celebrities from the realms of Royalty, Film, Stage, Screen, Politics, Church, Sport, etc. The late Princess Diana used to read his earlier books to her then young children, William and Harry and Nelson Mandela once telephoned him to praise an African story book he had written. Others who have supported his works have included three Princesses, three Prime Ministers, two Presidents and numerous Bishops of the realm.A former Chief Inspector of Schools for OFSTED described his writing to the press as 'High quality literature.' Forever at the forefront of change, at the age of 18 years, William became the youngest Youth Leader and Trade Union Shop Steward in Great Britain. In 1971, he founded Anger Management in Great Britain and freely gave his courses to the world. Within the next two years, Anger Management courses had mushroomed across the English-speaking world. During the mid-70's, he introduced Relaxation Training into H.M. Prisons and between 1970 and 1995, he worked in West Yorkshire as a Probation Officer specialising in Relaxation Training, Anger Management, Stress Management and Assertive Training Group Work. He retired early on the grounds of ill health in 1995 to further his writing career, which witnessed him working with the Minister of Youth and Culture in Jamaica to establish a trans-Atlantic pen-pal project between 30 primary schools in Falmouth, Jamaica and 30 primary schools in Yorkshire. William was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List of 1995 for his services to West Yorkshire. He has never sought to materially profit from the publication of his books and has allowed all profit from their sales (approx Â£200,000) to be given to charity.
The Killer In The Back Seat	by Drac Von Stoller April 20, 2012	484 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Drac Von Stoller's imagination and fascination for the Horror genre began when he was a little boy watching his favorite actors such as Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi on his little black and white television alone in his dark room. Drac would watch these horror movies for hours and build model kits of his favorite characters like Dracula, the Wolfman, Frankenstein and even the Munster's car from his favorite television series. Then as time went on and nothing was left to the imagination in the new horror movies, Drac still loved watching the old movies he so loved as a little boy. Then as Drac became an adult he decided one day that he would write a short story in the horror genre and let some of his friends read it and see what they thought. Drac's first short story was titled "Death in the Wilderness," which would be considered flash fiction but this would be Drac's test to see if he was destined to be an author. Sure enough when people read "Death in the Wilderness" they loved it but couldn't understand why Drac didn't keep on with the story but Drac knew all along that if what they read was so good then Drac has succeeded. This gave Drac the confidence he needed to keep on writing more and more short stories. The rest is history Drac has now written 31 short stories in the course of a 2 year span. Drac doesn't want to write a story unless it moves him in a way that he would want to read his own work and say any horror or ghost fan would not be disappointed.
The Killing	by Drew Lindsay Dec. 04, 2011	9536 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Drew Lindsay is a dynamic Australian Novelist and Writer. Drew is a Sydney man. He hated school and almost flunked everything academically until he reached the Police Force. There he excelled academically, graduating Detective Training with honours. He later went on to complete Post Graduate achievements in Fraud Investigation at Charles Sturt University. He was a Policeman, Detective and Fraud Investigation expert for almost three decades. Drew is an experienced SCUBA Diver and DiveMaster by qualification. He holds a private pilots license. He has travelled extensively throughout Australia and the world. He hates the word 'impossible' and loves the word 'excitement'. He has a great love of entertaining others with his vivid imagination. His novels allow the reader to escape into worlds of romance, excitement, humour and fast paced adventure.
The Kind Gods	by Carolyn Kephart March 06, 2010	2015 words	Read a sample
Author bio: About the author: Early life as a military brat gave Carolyn Kephart an appreciation of nomadic lifestyles, a fascination with world cultures, and close-up insights into the warrior mentality and its manifestations, all of which influence her work. She loves things that nourish the spirit and widen the mind. Kephart's epic fantasy THE RYEL SAGA: A TALE OF LOVE AND MAGIC combines her critically acclaimed duology WYSARD and LORD BROTHER. Her latest novel is QUEEN OF TIME, contemporary magic realism that puts a Roman/Mayan spin on the Faustian bargain. Visit http://carolynkephart.com for first chapters and much more. Kephart's publications are also available for the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes and Noble Nook, and the iPad. Her novels QUEEN OF TIME and THE RYEL SAGA: A TALE OF LOVE AND MAGIC are now available in paperback at Amazon.com.
The King Fisher	by Shannon Hill Dec. 18, 2011	1351 words	Read a sample
Author bio: The term "Urbangrizzly" was coined by my wife who noted that my work uniform; wingtips, and tie; clashed with the mountainman beard I sported at the time. The "U.grizzly" attitude is best summed up with the following. "You can't just coop a man up in the city, sometimes you gotta let 'em go fish!" Sometimes the best catch is the story itself.
The King Of 8.04PM	by Ray Daley April 11, 2012	472 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.
The King of Elfland	by Christine Pope Dec. 09, 2011	6075 words	Read a sample
Author bio: A native of Southern California, Christine Pope has been writing stories ever since she commandeered her familyâ€™s Smith-Corona typewriter back in the sixth grade. Her short fiction has appeared in Astonishing Adventures, Luna Station Quarterly, and the journal of dark fiction, Dark Valentine. Her paranormal novella, Playing With Fire, was released on August 5, 2010, followed by Sympathy for the Devil in December 2010. Releases for 2011 included Breath of Life, a science fiction reinterpretation of the classic Beauty and the Beast story, and Bad Vibrations, a paranormal romance romp featuring a psychic, a ufologist, and alien conspiracies. Not one for being pigeonholed into just one sub-genre of romance, Christine Pope writes as the mood takes her, and her work encompasses paranormal romance, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and historical romance. She blames this on being easily distracted by bright, shiny objects, which could also account for the size of her shoe collection. After spending many years in the magazine publishing industry, she now works as a freelance editor and graphic designer in addition to writing fiction. She lives with her husband and an explosively fluffy Pomeranian mix in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California, and in fact just returned to the town where she was born, thus disproving the theory that you canâ€™t go home again.
The King's Assassin	by M.M. Brownlow Nov. 30, 2010	83361 words	Read a sample
Author bio: M.M. Brownlow works as an elementary teacher and lives with her husband and three sons in Ontario, Canada. She's also surrounded by a variety of "critters" - a dog, two cats, a few fish, a hamster and a leopard gecko. Life is never boring, and she finds herself often wishing for more hours in a day.
The King's Best Solder (And Other Stories)	by Susan Cogan Sep. 13, 2011	7078 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Susan Cogan is a full time writer and occasionally amuses herself as a graphic designer. She writes things that she enjoys and she enjoys quite a lot. She has been at various times a nurseâ€™s aid, a belly dancer, an actress, a journalist, and a radio shock jock. Her career is long, varied, colorful, often exaggerated occasionally untrue. Cogan is the author of many novels: Black Jade Dragon, Dragon Sword, Tangled Garden, The Last Gift, Heart of the Tengeri, Murder on the Waterfront and The Man Who Needed Killing. Her nonfiction works include: Hands of the Buddha, The Buddhaâ€™s Three Jewels, and The Pocket Darwin. She written numerous short stories, some of them contest winners.
The King's Druidess (The MacLomain Series- Prelude)	by Sky Purington Sep. 22, 2011	12490 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Award-winning New Hampshire native, Sky Purington writes a cross genre of paranormal/fantasy romance heavily influenced by history. From Irish Druids to Scottish Highlanders many of her novels possess strong Celtic elements. More recently, her vampire stories take the reader to medieval England and ancient Italy. Enjoy strictly paranormal romance? Skyâ€™s latest novels follow three haunted houses and the sexy ghost hunters determined to make sense of them. Make no mistake, in each and every tale told you'll travel back to another time and revisit the romanticism history holds at its heart. Sky loves to hear from her readers and can be contacted at Sky@SkyPurington.com.
The King's Shoes	by Kristin Fontichiaro July 14, 2011	1472 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Writer, UM faculty
The Kingdom of Gentenia	by Evan Smyth Jan. 19, 2012	59074 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Evan Smyth was born July 17, 1990 in Kalamazoo Michigan and at the age of fifteen moved to Arizona in 2005. While in High School, he wrote several articles, assisted Editor-In-Chief Junior year and took over as Editor-In-Chief his senior year. He graduated from Casa Verde High School in Casa Grande, Arizona with a 4.0 GPA and scholarships to Central Arizona College and Arizona State University. Evan instead attended the Art Institute of Phoenix and pursued a degree in Business Management and Graphic Design. During his time in college he took several advanced creative writing classes and was praised for depth of writing by multiple professors. Evan has been writing since he was fifteen and finished The Midas Project at age seventeen. He has finished 4 books to date, in two series, and has more planned. Writing has been an avenue of expression for Evan over the years that few other joys have afforded him. He aspires one day to share his work in print, and hopes for the day where his books are on shelves. In the interim, he appreciates constructive feedback on his current works. Thanks for stopping by!
The Knife Salesman	by Ravis Harnell March 16, 2011	1361 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Independent music. Writing. Wife. Friends. Drinks. Travel whenever. Fewer smokes than yesterday. Sketch comedy. Holy trinity = Gaiman/Vonnegut/Ellis. Dogs. Cats vetted on an individual basis. St. Pete. Bad golf. Fewer mistakes than yesterday. Being silly. Fishing.
The Knife's Edge (Historical Fantasy Romance)	by Stephanie Draven Nov. 25, 2011	5972 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Stephanie Draven is currently a denizen of Baltimore, that city of ravens and purple night skies. She lives there with her favorite nocturnal creaturesâ€“three scheming cats and a deliciously wicked husband. And when she is not busy with dark domestic rituals, she writes her books. Stephanie has always been a storyteller. In elementary school, she channeled Scheherazade, weaving a series of stories to charm children into sitting with her each day at the lunch table. When she was a little older, Stephanie scared all the girls at her sleepovers with ghost stories. She should have known she was born to hold an audience in her thrall, but Stephanie resisted her writerly urges and graduated from college with a B.A. in Government. Then she went to Law School, where she learned how to convincingly tell the tallest tales of all! A longtime lover of ancient lore, Stephanie enjoys re-imagining myths for the modern age. She doesnâ€™t believe that true love is ever simple or without struggle so her work tends to explore the sacred within the profane, the light under the loss and the virtue hidden in vice. She counts it amongst her greatest pleasures when, from her books, her readers learn something new about the world or about themselves. Stephanie also writes historical fiction as Stephanie Dray and has a series of forthcoming novels from Berkley Books featuring Cleopatraâ€™s daughter.
The Knight in Black Tuxedo	by Anthony Horvath Feb. 06, 2012	1421 words	Read a sample
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The Kumquat Legacy	by Randal Koster Jan. 02, 2012	26593 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Randal Koster is a working scientist who gets a big kick out of composing detective fiction in his spare time. His image to the left is purposely obscured to add to the mystery of his persona.
The Labyrinth	by Kenneth McDonald July 31, 2010	18972 words	Read a sample
Author bio: I am an education consultant who works for state government in the area of curriculum. Prior to my current job, I taught American and world history at a number of colleges and universities in California, Georgia, and South Carolina. I started writing fiction in graduate school. In addition to my novels and short works, I have written a lot of serialized fantasy fiction that has been posted on the Story Hour forum at the Dungeons & Dragons fan site EnWorld.org, including stories placed in the Forgotten Realms, Shackled City, and Rappan Athuk settings. These stories have collectively received over two thousand reader posts and three hundred thousand page views. I am also an active member of the player community for the multiplayer computer game Neverwinter Nights, and have released over two dozen modules for that game on the Neverwinter Vault Web site. My doctorate is in European history, and I live with my wife, who is an attorney, in Sacramento, California.
The Labyrinth	by Zarioiu Cristian April 11, 2010	95905 words	Read a sample
Author bio: There isn't much to say. I'm a 24 year old Romanian who has been writing poetry since 6 years old. All the english I currently know is from watching cartoons and movies. Due to the fact that the Eastern Block countries are, or have been severely disconnected from the rest of the world, I could only peak at it through television, and later on the computer, and had no possible means to get my hands on books written in English, thus, to date, I have never read a book in English. I plan to fix that as soon as I can, but until then, I ask moderation in my readers and critics' minds. The reason I write books in English, is because I want them to be the key between my world, and the one I have always looked at with the desire to inhabit. Previous jobs would include hauling crates, digging ditches and graves ( I lived across the street from a graveyard where we used to play hide and seek), dog training and an assortment of odd jobs that are better left unmentioned.
The Lady and the Locksmith	by Cody Young Aug. 28, 2011	21384 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Cody Young writes romance. Her 2011 release SCANDAL AT THE FARMHOUSE is out now, published by Embrace Books. Cody has won various awards for her historical research but she has always wanted to write fiction - delicious love stories with a touch of humour. Cody is married to a very romantic Italian and they have a family of three boys.
The Lady in Black	by Alan Rovel June 16, 2011	3391 words	Read a sample
Author bio: My material lives on the far edge of Erotica..enter at your own risk. Explicit and Non-Traditional, My writing pushes the boundaries of what is considered "normal" and is intended for only the most open minded readers. By Alan Rovel: Eternal Domme Crimson Euphoria Also by Alan Rovel- the erotic serial: "A NEW BEGINNING" BOOK 1 : THE LADY IN BLACK BOOK 2 : THE GODDESS, THE COUSIN, AND THE COFFEE SHOP GIRL BOOK 3: THE LANDLADY'S LAIR BOOK 4: LADY O BOOK 5: THE FINAL CHAPTER (THE CONCLUSION TO THE SERIES...OR IS IT?) Alan Rovel has lived in California for most of his adult life. He currently lives somewhere in Los Angeles, after previously living in somewhere in San Francisco. He can usually be found sitting quietly in the corner of a Coffee Shop somewhere in the L.A. area; He may even be sitting next to you now:)
The Lake Story	by James Pratt June 10, 2011	910 words	Read a sample
Author bio: James Pratt likes to create realistically flawed but basically decent characters and have them cross paths with serial killer angels, redneck vampires, slithering horrors from other dimensions, and the end of the world. He also likes to write stories that demonstrate how the ever-present darkness threatening to wash over the world like a wave of endless night can be held back with a little courage and a big shotgun (assuming one hasn't already used both barrels, of course). Some take place in the distant past, others in the far future, and still others somewhere between eight minutes ago and twelve minutes from now. Whether sci-fi, adventure, or straight-out horror, the running theme is that the universe is very, very big and we are very, very small.
The Lamare Tapes: Senator Kathog	by A. J. Balkin March 22, 2012	5577 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Expect many new tales to be posted in the next few months.
The Lancelot Effect	by Mark Finnemore April 01, 2011	2666 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Mark Finnemore lives in California with his beautiful wife Panji, who helped him learn that even the rockiest road can lead to a happy ending. Mark is currently working on a novel entitled "Love & Taxes", which he hopes will one day be not only finished, but published and found at your local book store as well. Mark has a story included in an upcoming "young adult" anthology entitled Spirited, which is donating all proceeds to 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 - 18 with their writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Visit Mark at www.mythic-picnic.com or www.genre-trash.com or www.love-and-taxes.com.
The Land	by David Barker May 02, 2011	63903 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Father Musician Writer Blogger Lawyer Theologian Lover Photographer and general pain in the ass.

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